xerox

• Xerox

Genericized trademark from Xerox (“a photocopier”), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.ɹɒks/

  Hyphenation: xe‧rox

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈziː(ə)ɹ.ɑks/

• Audio (General Australian):

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  Hyphenation: xer‧ox

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾoks/

xerox (plural xeroxes)

1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopy.

   Hand me that xerox, would you?

   • 2009, David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife, Random House, →ISBN, page 142:

     There were twenty pictures in the envelope, xeroxes but clear enough. They documented the scene pretty much as I imagined it.

2. (dated, Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopier.

   The xerox broke down yesterday.

• photocopy
• xerox copy

xerox (third-person singular simple present xeroxes, present participle xeroxing, simple past and past participle xeroxed)

1. (Philippines, India, dated in Canada, US, colloquial, informal) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.

   I xeroxed the report for all the people at the meeting.

• (make a paper copy): copy, photocopy

• xeroxer
• xeroxable

• Wikipedia article concerning Xerox trademark

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: xe‧rox
• Rhymes: -oks

xerox (plural xeroxok)

1. photocopy; xerox (copy of a document made using a photocopier)

• xérox

Unadapted borrowing from English Xerox.

xerox m (plural xerox or xeroxes)

1. photocopy; xerox (copy of a document made using a photocopier)
2. photocopier; copier (machine which makes copies of paper documents)
3. a shop where photocopying and related services are offered

• (photocopy): fotocópia
• (photocopier): fotocopiadora

Borrowed from English Xerox (“a photocopier”) (originally a trademark), from xerography, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) and γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”).

xerox n (plural xeroxuri)

1. photocopier

   Synonym: copiator

• xeroxa

• seroks
• zerox

Unadapted borrowing from English xerox, a genericized trademark from the company, Xerox.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈseɾoks/
• Rhymes: -eɾoks
• Syllabification: xe‧rox

xerox (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. xerography
2. photocopy

• “xerox”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “xerox”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018